Experience the Eurovision Song Contest with Radio International

Radio International and ESCNEWS Radio & TV with Chat Room: Radio International is aired on their TV channel live every Wednesday where fans can join and see how we actually do Radio International and listen to the show while chatting with the other Eurovision fans joining the community.  But also you can watch there a re-run of the weekly edition of Radio International at various times on ESCNEWS Radio. Enjoy and tell your friends to join and be part of the Eurovision Radio International Community! Also become part of the Eurovision Radio International Facebook Group which accompanies the show and is available here. It contains lots of Eurovision News from the major Eurovision News Websites but also announcements. 

The Eurovision Song Contest with Eurovision Radio International - your music requests, comments and ideas: Eurovision Radio International never stops and is keen on keeping the music and news of the Eurovision Song Contest in the ears of the many fans that join the show each and every week via the usual means either on FM, Cable and also via PODCAST, Itunes, LISTEN AGAIN, live broadcast or Live Stream. You can also find Radio International (RTV Katwijk) on TuneIn. Please feel free to submit your comments, ideas and requests of Eurovision songs and Radio International is delighted to play your requests during the shows. Click on CONTACT to submit your request to the programme. You can also reach us on Twitter: @RadioInt

Hightlights of the show

Interview with Måns Zelmerloew (Eurovision Winner 2015, Sweden):  Last May Europe & Australia crowned the King of Eurovision 2015 - Måns Zelmerloew who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Heroes" receiving a total of 365 points which is the third highest number of votes following Loreen in 2012 and Alexander Rybak in 2009 who received the highest amount as a winner. Before 2015 Mans had two attempts in Melodifestivalen with "Cara Mia" in 2007 coming third and fourth with "Hope and Glory" in 2009. He also was the host of Melodifestivalen in 2010. Mans and Petra Mede will be hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 from Stockholm in Sweden come May. During the national final season previous Eurovision Winners are invited to perform once more their winning song at the national finals as interval act or as the Opener of the shows. This is fact was what happened at the National Final in the UK called "Eurovision: You Decide" on Friday, 26 February 2016. Mans opened the show with his winning entry "Heroes" and prior to the show Radio International's David Mann had the big pleasure chatting with Mans. Listen to this interview on this week's edition of Radio International.  You can also watch this interview on our YouTube Channel - click here

 

Eurovision Song Contest Spotlight - The National Final Season 2016: The National Selection Process of the songs that will represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is well under way. In the last quarter of 2015 Radio International went through the best picks of Sweden's National Final - The Melodifestivalen where our Eurovision Experts selected what they thought is the best songs per year. Sweden will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in the Globen Arena of Stockholm next May with the Grand Final on the 14 May 2016 and the the Semi Finals on 10 & 12 May 2016, respectively. Like in previous years the Radio International Eurovision Experts will be assessing the National Finals 2016 live on Radio International. Due to Radio International being on Iceland Trip last week you will get two editions of the Eurovision Spotlight this week. Dermot Manning takes a look at the National Finals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.  In addition to the look back of last weeken's selection shows JP will take a sneak look ahead and plays clips of the songs competing in the national final shows of Poland, Israel, Estonia and Romania.

Eurovision UnderCover:  This ever so popular feature on Radio International is David Mann's weekly edition of the Eurovision Cover Versions where David Mann from Eurovision Norwich will be intoducing some of the finest Eurovision Song Contest entries covered by other singers. Just be surprised. You will be hearing the actual song that has been on the Eurovision stage followed by the cover. Listeners are encouraged to send in their cover versions they came across over the years to share with the other fans tuning into the show. Alternatively, listeners can send in their request for a particular Eurovision covered song using this link. 

Eurovision Song Contest News: Nathan Waddell joins the team in the studio every week to bring you the news and the latest developments connected to the Eurovision Song Contest such as the National Finals or if it is music releases of Eurovision performers, special concerts, gossip, etc Nathan will have it all for us during the weekly edition of Radio International. He also takes a look at some statistics such as viewing figures in the various countries and more. Nathan is website editor with escxtra.com. In addition, Eurovision News is available on www.eurovision.tv, esctoday.com and escflashmalta.com (amongst others.

New Song Releases by Eurovision Artists:  Radio International is always keen to know how the careers of Eurovision performers develop after their performance at the event. The show is in collaboration with many Music Companies that supply Radio International with the latest songs of their signed up artists to bring the muisc closer to the fans. On a weekly basis Radio International receives songs which are being featured on the show.  

Eurovision Song Contest Calendar of Events: Check out a detailed listing of all events scheduled around Europe. If you hear of something we have not listed please drop us a line by clicking here and let us know. After Eurovision is before Eurovision and to bridge the Eurovision Gap many Eurovision Clubs will be holding their annual convention. But also all the National Final Details are being displayed in the Calendar. Make sure you frequently check it out. Check out the updated list of all national finals.

 

Upcoming Events - Highlights:

 

09 Apr 2016 (Sat) - The Netherlands/Amsterdam

Eurovision in Concert at Melkweg (Tickets on sale from 04 Jan)

 

22 Apr 2016 (Fri) - United Kingdom/London

Eurofest at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

 

 

Eurovision Quiz:  Scratch your heads and bite your nails at  our weekly Eurovision Song Contest Quiz. Good luck and win a copy of a past Eurovision Song Contest Final on DVD or a dip into the Eurovision Goodies Bag. All you have to do is to identify the five clips with Artist, Song, Country and Year. Send your answers via the website's CONTACTs form. As for the quiz answers, you have two weeks time to crack the quiz after Radio International was aired live. That gives the chance for the listeners who were not able to join us live on Wednesdays to participate in the quiz and the draw for the prize. Good Luck!